From the Vault
From an article at nypost.com, edited by yours truly: Blow up the moon? Who would come up with such an idea other than an arch sci-fi villain? The U.S. government, it turns out. According to a new book, the secret mission, code-named Project A119, was conceived at the dawn of the space race by a division of the Air Force. Its aim was a show of American dominance over the Soviet Union and the rest of the world. The author hosts a website, The Black Vault, a repository of some 2.1 million pages of formerly secret documents pertaining to UFOs, assassinations and other phenomena legally obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests.
Why isn’t it comforting that so many without sin are pulling down and vandalizing statues? Who knew there are so many angels among us? A statue of Theodore Roosevelt will be removed from the entrance of The American Museum of Natural History in NYC after years of objections that it symbolizes colonial expansion and racial discrimination. It’s been there since 1940. Here it is:
Government in a nutshell, from a NYP article, edited by YT: NYC’s Department of Homeless Services is renewing the main contract for the Bowery Residents’ Committee to do key work in getting the homeless out of the subways and mass-transit stations. It’s done such a great job it’s getting a raise in revenue, from $40.6 to $68.5 million. All riders would agree the agency is the cat’s pajamas. Wanna buy a bridge?
How’s that “Defund the Police” project working out? Don’t be alarmed by the precipitous rise in shootings. It’s just kids having fun.
Here’s an amusing headline from FN: “FDA issues warning over certain hand sanitizers due to potentially toxic chemicals.” Now they tell us!
Last night Movies!, channel 5–2 on over the air antennas in NYC, ran yet another film I’d never seen in its Sunday Night Noir series, Danger Signal (1945), starring Zachary Scott as predator and Fay Emerson as prey. Its best aspect is its delving into the psychology of humans. TV vet Rosemary DeCamp played a chain-smoking shrink. In researching the flick at IMDb, the name Adele Comandini stood out, given its obvious origins. The daughter of Italian immigrants, she was born in the Bronx in 1898 and had a nice run as a screenwriter, often adapting novels, as she did here, partnering with C. Graham Baker, from the book by British author Phyllis Bottome. There are 30 titles under her name at IMDb, the most notable the 1934 adaptation of Jane Eyre, and Three Smart Girls (1936), for which she received an Oscar nomination flying solo. She passed away at 89 in 1987. Unfortunately, I was unable to find any photos of her. Hats off to a goomare (I know it’s a misspelling) who did good.
My thanks to the gentleman who bought a book in Russian, and to Bus Driver, who purchased two Lisa Jackson thrillers: Envious and Last Girl Standing, the latter co-written with Nancy Bush.
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